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- noun An
optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexibletube with an opticalrelay inside so that the view through alens orwindow at one end of the tube may be seen from alens oreyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.
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Examples
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I would try another scope known to be good to go, remount tightly, borescope, get it on paper at 50 yards and check your groups. if you can't get them to damn near cloverleaf at 50, ask someone else to try it.
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All Answers from Reid Jones wrote 27 weeks 5 days ago you can check the crown and see if there is any damage where the rifling begins. i recommend a borescope.
When looking at a used gun is there any way to tell if the barrel is shot out? 2009
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Few of us have a borescope because they're somewhat expensive; however, if you buy & sell a significant number of rifles, it is a useful device that will help you assess the condition of the bore & throat for pitting, tool marks, erosion.
When looking at a used gun is there any way to tell if the barrel is shot out? 2009
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I would try another scope known to be good to go, remount tightly, borescope, get it on paper at 50 yards and check your groups. if you can't get them to damn near cloverleaf at 50, ask someone else to try it.
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Few of us have a borescope because they're somewhat expensive; however, if you buy & sell a significant number of rifles, it is a useful device that will help you assess the condition of the bore & throat for pitting, tool marks, erosion.
When looking at a used gun is there any way to tell if the barrel is shot out? 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Reid Jones wrote 27 weeks 5 days ago you can check the crown and see if there is any damage where the rifling begins. i recommend a borescope.
When looking at a used gun is there any way to tell if the barrel is shot out? 2009
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The engines have been inspected using a borescope, with melted ash clearly visible on their inside surface.
Fighter Jets Suffer Volcanic Damage: Why Resume Flying? 2010
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Dave, regarding your comments about ramp apes, my last job at usair involved test equipment repair and calibration. the rampies and mechanics ruined much expensive gear, one of which was a set of borescope probes for the rolls royce RB-211 engine used on B757'smy solution was a pelican brand double (2) rifle case. mucho tough item, no more damaged probes. perhaps one would protect yours on trips
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The engines have been inspected using a borescope, with melted ash clearly visible on their inside surface.
DK Matai: Fighter Jets Suffer Volcanic Damage: Why Resume Flying? 2010
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Subsequent borescope analysis indicated clogged turbine blade cooling passages and blade coating erosion; the cost for disassembling and repairing all four engines was US $3.2 million.
Reducing the threat to aviation from airborne volcanic ash 2009
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